Flattering words from Francois Delecour on the current state of R2 points to a winning formula.

The strength of the cars received a big nod from him, but it's his praise of the drivers which got me thinking how much has changed in the twenty-odd years since he left the prime stage. Today's driving is very much an exact science. Stray off the line and lose time. Or cook your tyres! There is less space to express yourself in the old-fashioned sense. Colin McRae exuberance just won't do today.

As for the cars, the chassis advancements and use of space-frames has transformed the two main categories a good deal. Don't think the tyres, and engine in R2, have been major fields of advancement though.